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Encounter
Studio album by
Michael Stearns
Released1988
GenreSpace, ambient, new-age
LabelHearts of Space Records
Michael Stearns chronology
Floating Whispers
(1987) 		Encounter
(1988) 		Sacred Site
(1993)
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Encounter is an album by Michael Stearns, released in 1988.

Subtitled A Journey in the Key of Space, it is a collection of instrumental pieces, weaving synthesizers and various background sounds. It evokes peaceful landscapes, feelings of a summer night, space and an encounter with a UFO.

Track listing

  1. "Encounter: Awaiting the Other" – 3:29
  2. "Craft: Dimensional Release" – 6:29
  3. "The Beacon: Those Who Have Gone Before" – 7:01
  4. "On the Way: Space Caravan" – 3:48
  5. "Dimensional Shift: Across the Threshold" – 5:29
  6. "Within: Choir of the Ascending Spirit" – 3:53
  7. "Distant Thunder: Solitary Witness" – 5:40
  8. "Alien Shore: Starlight Bay" – 3:46
  9. "Procession: Sacred Ceremony" – 8:55
  10. "Star Dreams: Peace Eternal" – 4:06

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review

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